%0 Journal Article
%@ 0925-9864
%A Daudi, H
%A Shimelis, H
%A Mathew, I
%A Oteng‐Frimpong, R
%A Ojiewo, C
%A Varshney, R K
%D 2020
%F icrisat:11642
%I Springer
%J Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (TSI)
%K Agronomic traits, Gene diversity, Molecular variance, Polymorphism, Principal component analysis, Rust disease, SSR markers, Structure analysis, Tanzania
%T Genetic diversity and population structure of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) accessions using phenotypic traits and SSR markers: implications for rust resistance breeding
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/11642/
%X Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a  multi-purpose legume serving millions of farmers and  their value chain actors globally. Use of old poorperforming  cultivars contributes to low yields (\1  t/ha) of groundnut in sub-Saharan Africa including  Tanzania. The objectives of this study were to  determine the extent of genetic variation among  diverse groundnut collections using phenotypic traits  and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to select  distinct and complementary genotypes for breeding
%Z The study was financially supported by  the Tropical Legumes III Project funded by the Bill and Melinda  Gates Foundation (BMGF) through the International Crop  Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Grant  ID OPP1114827. We are grateful to Ms Anu Chitikineni from  the Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology at  ICRISAT-India for laboratory analysis. Thanks are due to the  Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and the  Government of Tanzania for granting a study leave to the first  author. Thanks to Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute-  Naliendele and African Centre for Crop Improvement at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, for research  support.